Process of hydrating lime.



W. H. KBMLER. PROCESS OF HYDRATING LIME.

APPLIoATIoN FILED nu 12, 1909.

Patented May 3, 1910.

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APPLICATION FILED MAI 12, 1909.

956,977. u Patented May 3, 1910.

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PROCESS 0F HYDRATING LIME.

APPLIoA'rIoN FILED nu 12, 1909.

956,977. Patented May 3, 1910.

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Arrow/y WILLIAM HERMAN KEMLER, .OF ASHLAND, KENTUCKY.

PROCESS OF HYDRATING LIME.

Speoication of Letters Patent.

Patented May 3, 1910.

Application led May 12, 1909. Serial No. 495,458.

To allwhom 'it concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. KEMLER,

a citizen of the United States, and residing at Ashland, i'n the countyl of Boyd and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Improvement in' the Process of Hydrating Lime, of which the following is a complete specification.

This invention relates to improvements in the process of hydrating lime, and is designed to produce a superior quality of hydrated lime, whether from the treatment of calcareous or fat/limes, or dolomitic or magnesium limes.

In the usual methods of hydratin lime by the use of mechanical devices, the freshly calcined lime, either calcareous or dolomitic,

is treated with a pre-determined quantit of water which slakes or h drates the calclned "lime to a powder whic remains in a dry state owing -to the fact that only a sufficient quantity of water is added to chemically combine with the lime and compensate for the loss in vapor due to the heat evolved.

Owing to the fact that all lime producing rock contains silicates or metallic oXids to a .greater or less degree which are not affected during the calcination of the rock, there will always be a variable quantity of uncalcined material which has no alinity vfor water, and an allowance must be made in slakin the lime for a theoretical amount of uncalcined matter to prevent an excess of water being added. Since the quantity of uncalcined material is variable, it is necessary that the quantity of water added bc only that which will chemically combine with the calcined lime when the greatest amount of uncaicined-material is present.

Previous experience in the art has demonstrated that thorough hydration of lime cannot be effected unless the lime is exposed to the action of water for a considerable length of time. In ordinary hydration or slaklng of lime prior to the introduction of the modern mechanical process it has been customary to add the water to the lime and allow it to season or temper for a period of .timeranging from one week to several months.

The main objects of this invention are to provide an improved process by means of which the calcined lime may be quickly and thoroughly slaked by the -addition of an excess of water and agitating the mass until the particles of lime have been thoroughly broken up or separated; to provide a process in which the uncalcined material may be thoroughly separated from the mass; and to provlde a lprocess adapted to quickly and thoroughly drive oil the excess of water from the slaked lime by the application of the lime t0 a heated surface.

A specific construction for 4carrying out said invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the slaking and drying mechanism employed in carrying out thls invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan View of the separating screen. Fig. 4 is a section taken on line A-A of Fig. 3. Fi 5 is an end elevation of the slakin an agitating means. Fig. 6 is a section ta en on line B-B of Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is an enlarged fragmentary View of one of the sprinkling nozzles for the hydratinvf tanks.

In the construction shown inY said drawings, a storage bin 1 is supported upon a suitable frame 2 and is adapted to contain the calcinecl lime. The bottom of said bin is preferably provided with a plurality of funnel shaped sections 3, 4 and 5, to permit the lime to owtherefrom by gravity, rand each section is provided with a gate 6 at its bottom through which the lime may be discharged into the hydrating or slaking -tanks 7, 8 and 9. Said tanks are situated yone below each of said bin gates, and a water supply pipe 10 leads from any suitable source of water supply and is provided with a plurality of spraying branches or noz'zles l1,y

one of which is situated in the upper portion of each of said tanks and is adapted to s ray water over the contents thereof. Eac of said nozzles is provided with a valve 12 by means of which the flow of water to each of said tanks is controlled. A centrifugal pump 13 is located near said tanks and is provided with a suction pipe 14, which has and the branc es 15, and after the lime in 35 top of a settling box 31.

the tanks has ,been sprayed sufliciently to effecta preliminary slaking of the same, water is pumped from the supply pipe 20 and discharged into one or more of the tanks through the branches 18, until the branches 15 are submerged. The su ply from the pipe 20 is then shut 0H' an the valves 16 inthe branches 15 are opened and the milk of lime formed by the water and finely divided lime is pumped from Vthe upper portions of the tanks and discharged back into the lower portions thereof until the mass has become thoroughly agitated and mixed and all of the calcined portions broken up. A pump A21 is located near said tanks and is provided with a suction pipe 22 which has branches 23, each opening into the bottom of one of the tanks and provided with a valve-24. A discharge pipe 25 leads from the outlet of said pump 21 and discharges into an elevated screen 26 into which the milk of lime is delivered from the tanks after it has been thoroughly agitated. Said screen is provided with an inclined sieve 27 adapted to separate the uncalcined material from the milk of lime. Said material is gradually washed down to the lower edge 'of the sieve and deposited into a trough 28 at the side of said screen which is adapted 30 to carry said material off to any desired place of deposit. u

A pipe leads downwardly and laterally from said screen and is provided with a plurality of branches 30 which open into the Said settling box may be supported in any desired manner, and it is preferably in the shape of a V shaped trough having closed ends and open at the top,lso that when the finely divided lime or settles it will not spread over a large surface and may be easily drawn off from the box. Extending downwardly from each side of the box and near the bottom thereof are the valved pipes 32 through which the thickened pulp may be drawn off into pans 33, which are located beneath the box and at each side of the center thereof.

A pair of rotary drying cylinders or i drums 34 are supported one -above each pan and project slightly into the same. Said cylinders may bel supported in any preferred manner, but, as shown, they are provided at their ends with bearing surfaces 35 which rest on bearing surfaces 36. A drive shaft '37 is journaled adjacent one end of each cylinder and is -provided with a beveled gear 38 which meshes with a beveled gear 39 on a shaft 40, and the shaft 40 is provided-with a pinion 41 which meshes with thecgear 41*l 6o on the cylinder and acts to rotate the cylinder in the direction indicated by the arrows 1n Fig. 6.. At one end of each cylinder` is a furnace 42 into which .the cylinder opens and acts as aflue to carry off the heat and ,products of combustionfrom the furnace.

At the opposite end of each cylinder is a hollow chimney base or foundation 43 into which said cylinder opens, and leading upwardly therefrom is the stack or chimney 44. At the side of each cylinder is a conveyer trough 45, vwhich extends longitudinally of the cylinder and is provided with a blade or scraper 46, the upper edge of which lies in close contact with the side of the cylinder. In each conveyer trough 45 is a 75 worm conveyer 47, which may be driven in any suitable manner, not shown, and is adapted to carry material away from said cylinders.

In order to provide a uniform Iflow across the settling box 31 a trough 48 is provided at f the top of said box, and extends longitudinally thereof, and isadapted to receive the overflow of water from the box. A pipe 49 Vleads from said trou h and connects in the 'i supply pipe 10 so that the overiow may be again used in the hydrating tanks.v

The operation of the construction shown is as follows: The clalcined lime is admitted to the various hydrating tanks from the storage bin l by means of the `various bin gates 6. The hydrating tanks are preferably operated in succession to provide a continuous operation. That is, while one tank is being filled and agitated, the contents of a second is allowed to temper, and that of a third is being drawn o, thus providing a continuous operation. `When the calcined 'n lime is placed in one of the tanks, a sufficient quantity of water is admitted through the spraying branch or nozzle 11 for that tank to spray the lime and effect a 'preliminary slaking or breaking up of the lime. The valve 12 is then closed and water is admitted to the tank from the supply pipe 20 and through the branch 18 of the discharge pipe until the branch 15 of the suction pipe 14 is submerged.` The water is then pumped from the top of the tank to the bottom thereof until the lime has becomev thoroughly broken up and mixed with. the water. The water with the lime in suspension is then drawn off by means of the pump 21 and dec posited in the screen 26 where all of the uncalcined material is separated out. The milk 115 of lime then flows from the screen to the settling box 31 and is-distributed throughout the length of said box by means of the branch pipes 30. The finely divided lime settles to the bottom of said box and the 120 water flows into the trough 48, when the box becomes lled and back to the supply pipe 10. The settled lime ulp is then drawn from the bottom of the x into the pans 33 to a sufficient depth to submerge the bottoms 125 of the cylinders. The cylinders are highly heated by means of the heat from the furnaces passing therethrough, and as they slowly revolve the lime adheres theretol and the water isevaporated by the heat. By the 13o ted without said pans may remain constant.

While but one specific methodfor carrying out the invention has been shown and described it will be understood that various details of the process may be changed or omitdeparting from the spirit of this invention. y

I claim as my invention:

l. The process of hydrating lime compris.

ing,'slaking the calcined'lime in a suitable receptacle, adding an excess of water thereto, agitating the mass by rapidly pumping it from the top of the receptacle back into the bottom of the receptacle, separating out the uncalcined material, settlinr the lime pulp and then applying the pup to a revolving heated cylinder to drive oft' the excess moisture.

2. The process of hydrating lime comprising placing the calcined lime in a receptacle and adding enough water to slake or break up the lime, addinv an excess of water and rapidly pumping the receptacle back into the bottom of the receptacle to throw the lime upwardly in the receptacle, running the mass through a screen to separate out the uncalcined material, settling the lime pulp in a settling tank,

applying the pulp to a revolving heated cylinder, and scraping the dried residue therefrom.

3. The process of hydrating lime comprising, slaking the calcined lime in a suitable receptacle, adding an excess of water and agitating the mass from the bottom of the receptacle upwardly, running the mass through a screen separating the llme pulp from the water then placing the pulp on a revolving cylinder to drive 0H the excess moisture.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto suhscribed my name in the presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM HERMAN KEMLER.

Witnesses GERALD L. HAGLER, ANNA MYERS.

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